Arawa, Papua New Guinea

Arawa, Papua New Guinea is a submarine cable landing point in Papua New Guinea (coordinates -6.2256°, 155.5678°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Papua New Guinea's international connectivity infrastructure.

Arawa is the largest town and the former capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Arawa Rural LLG. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Arawa, Papua New Guinea, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Arawa, Papua New Guinea in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable System (2019) — Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable System is a submarine cable linking Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, with landing points at Alotau, Papua New Guinea, Arawa, Papua New Guinea, Daru, Papua New Guinea, Jayapura, Indonesia and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Europe and Caucasus. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.